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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 390 · 40 questions
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Creator's tip (How to arrange it): Contrast = strong differences; alignment = lined-up edges; repetition = the same styles again. Proximity = related things close together; balance = even visual weight. Hierarchy = the most important thing biggest and first.

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  1. 1.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) most important first (d) white words on black
  2. 2.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  4. 4.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  5. 5.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) a bright button on grey
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  9. 9.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) black text on yellow (c) caption close to photo (d) most important first
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) matching heading styles
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) contact details together
  12. 12.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) both halves feel equal (c) a bright button on grey (d) related items grouped
  13. 13.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) white words on black (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  17. 17.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) both halves feel equal (c) related items grouped (d) matching heading styles
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) alignment
  20. 20.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these shows balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) both halves feel equal (c) small print for details (d) pictures in a neat line
  23. 23.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) a centred, even layout (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) one border on all pages (d) captions on a grid
  29. 29.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) a bright button on grey (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) small print for details
  31. 31.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a mirror-image layout (d) contact details together
  32. 32.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  36. 36.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  38. 38.Which of these shows proximity? (a) black text on yellow (b) caption close to photo (c) both halves feel equal (d) captions on a grid
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) caption close to photo (d) matching heading styles
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages

Answer key

  1. most important first
  2. False
  3. balance
  4. repetition
  5. True
  6. alignment
  7. a bright button on grey
  8. proximity
  9. black text on yellow
  10. matching heading styles
  11. contact details together
  12. pictures in a neat line
  13. False
  14. False
  15. hierarchy
  16. white words on black
  17. related items grouped
  18. proximity
  19. balance
  20. False
  21. True
  22. both halves feel equal
  23. True
  24. a centred, even layout
  25. hierarchy
  26. contrast
  27. contrast
  28. one border on all pages
  29. a bright button on grey
  30. small print for details
  31. contact details together
  32. False
  33. False
  34. proximity
  35. contrast
  36. False
  37. hierarchy
  38. caption close to photo
  39. caption close to photo
  40. left edges lined up

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